【正文】 第一篇：Be Ye Men of valor(做一個(gè)勇敢的人,丘吉爾經(jīng)典演講)Be Ye Men Of Valor “Be Ye Men Of Valor”Ye =【古英語】“您”的意思；Valor= 英勇，勇猛I speak to you for the first time as Prime Minister in a solemn hour for the life of our country, of our empire, of our allies, and, above all, of the cause of tremendous battle is raging in France and Germans, by a remarkable bination of air bombing and heavily armored tanks, have broken through the French defenses north of the Maginot Line, and strong columns of their armored vehicles are ravaging the open country, which for the first day or two was without have penetrated deeply and spread alarm and confusion in their them there are now appearing infantry in lorries, and behind them, again, the large masses are moving regroupment of the French armies to make head against, and also to strike at, this intruding wedge has been proceeding for several days, largely assisted by the magnificent efforts of the Royal Air = 嚴(yán)肅的；raging = 猛烈地繼續(xù)下去；Flanders = 佛蘭德斯（中世紀(jì)歐洲一伯爵領(lǐng)地,包括現(xiàn)比利時(shí)的東佛蘭德省和西佛蘭德省以及法國北部部分地區(qū)）；armored = 武裝的；Maginot Line = 馬其諾防線（事實(shí)上，法語指“Ligne Maginot”，是以當(dāng)時(shí)法國的國防部長(zhǎng)Andr233。/ 9Be Ye Men Of Valor Maginot的名字來命名的），是一條混凝土的防線和障礙物，橫亙?cè)诜▏辈?，其設(shè)計(jì)的目的是用來防御德國軍隊(duì)的入侵；columns = 縱隊(duì)；ravaging = 蹂躪； penetrated = 入侵；in their track = 在他們的途中；infantry = 步兵；lorries = 【英】卡車（【美】= truck）；regroupment = 重新集結(jié)；make head against, and also to strike at = 試圖切斷敵人的行軍隊(duì)形并進(jìn)行痛擊；intruding wedge = 入侵的勢(shì)力We must not allow ourselves to be intimidated by the presence of these armored vehicles in unexpected places behind our they are behind our Front, the French are also at many points fighting actively behind sides are therefore in an extremely dangerous if the French Army, and our own Army, are well handled, as I believe they will be。if the French retain that genius for recovery and counterattack for which they have so long been famous。and if the British Army shows the dogged endurance and solid fighting power of which there have been so many examples in the past – then, a sudden transformation of the scene might spring into = 保持；recovery = 痊愈；counterattack = 反攻；dogged endurance = 頑強(qiáng)的忍耐（力）；solid fighting power = 強(qiáng)大的戰(zhàn)斗力；transformation = 轉(zhuǎn)變；spring into being = 開始It would be foolish, however, to disguise the gravity of the would be still more foolish to lose heart and courage or to suppose that welltrained, wellequipped armies numbering three or four millions/ 9Be Ye Men Of Valor of men can be overe in the space of a few weeks, or even months, by a scoop, or raid of mechanized vehicles, however may look with confidence to the stabilization of the front in France, and to the general engagement of the masses, which will enable the qualities of the French and British soldiers to be matched squarely against those of their myself, I have invincible confidence in the French Army and its a very small part of that splendid Army has yet been heavily engaged。and only a very small part of France has yet been gravity of the hour = 形勢(shì)的嚴(yán)峻性；lose heart= 喪失勇氣；by a scoop = 由于運(yùn)氣好；raid =襲擊； mechanized vehicles = 機(jī)械化的車輛； formidable = 令人畏懼的；stabilization of the front in France = 法國前線的穩(wěn)定；engagement = 戰(zhàn)斗；matched squarely against = 勢(shì)均力敵的對(duì)手；adversaries = 敵人； invincible confidence = 堅(jiān)定的信心； heavily engaged = 全體投入戰(zhàn)斗；invaded =入侵There is a good evidence to show that practically the whole of the specialized and mechanized forces of the enemy have been already thrown into the battle。and we know that very heavy losses have been inflicted upon officer or man, no brigade or division, which grapples at close quarters with the enemy, wherever encountered, can fail to make a worthy/ 9Be Ye Men Of Valor contribution to the general the whole= 幾乎所有的；specialized and mechanized forces of the enemy = 專業(yè)化和機(jī)械化的敵人；thrown into the battle = 投入到戰(zhàn)斗中；brigade = 旅；division = 師； grapples at close quarters = 與??近距離格斗；a worthy contribution = 有價(jià)值的貢獻(xiàn)The armies must cast away the idea of resisting behind concrete lines or natural obsta